Product Insight: Baby food nd foods mac & cheese with vegetables
Baby food nd foods mac & cheese with vegetables by Gerber is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 1 ingredient sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
water, squash, sweet potatoes, cooked enriched macaroni (water, (wheat semolina, egg whites, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), dried cheddar cheese (icultured milk, salt, enzymes), disodium phosphate, annatto extract color), brown rice flour, whey, whole wheat flour, canola oil ascorbic acid (vitamin c) to maintain color. contains: wheat, eggs and milk. ,00001 %d gerber products company fremont, mi 49413, usa nutrition amount/serving facts total fat 3g sat fat 1g trans fat 0g cholest 10mg sodium 75mg % dv amount/serving 13% 2 servings serv size 1 tub 10% total carb 12g fiber <1g total sugars 6g incl og added sugars protein 2g 10% vit d 0% calcium 10% • iron 2% potas 30% vit a 20% • zinc 10% calories per serving 06 best by 30sep2 mac & cheese 126051570111: 06:2
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Gerber
- Barcode
- 0015000073299
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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